Type specimens of bats (Chiroptera: Mammalia) in the collections of the Museum f r Naturkunde, Berlin Author Turni, Hendrik Author Kock, Dieter text Zootaxa 2008 2008-09-03 1869 1 1 82 https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1869.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.1869.1.1 1175­5334 5133648 Vespertilio Hilarii I. Geoffroy, 1824 Geoffroy St. Hilaire, I. (1824) Sur les Vespertilions du Brésil . Annales de Sciences naturelles Paris, 3: 441. Valid name: Eptesicus furinalis (d’Orbigny, 1847) Syntype ( Carter & Dolan 1978: 79 ): ZMB 3912 , skin and skull (extracted in 2007), adult; Goias , Missiones, Brazil ; collected by Auguste de St. Hilaire , ex MNHN . Comment: Rode (1941: 247) listed a holotype for Vespertilio Hilarii ( MNHN 834) and three paratypes ( MNHN 835, 836, 838), although these latter were not found by Carter & Dolan (1978: 80) . It would have been unusual if Geoffroy to have designated a holotype in 1824, and since Rode did not expressly designate a lectotype , all individuals of the type series are to be considered as syntypes . Davis (1966: 257) indicated that "Until direct comparisons of [ MNHN ] No. 834 can be made with E. fuscus and E. brasiliensis , it seems advisable to retain Vespertilio hilarii Geoffroy as a synonym of E. brasiliensis (Desmarest) . The three paratypes of hilarii are much smaller than the holotype and appear to represent the species E. dorianus (Dobson) ", which according to Simmons (2005: 454) is a synonym of E. furinalis . On the basis of measurements of ZMB 3912 (forearm = 39.0mm; metacarp of 3 rd finger = 37.1mm; upper tooth row = 5.95mm; breadth across upper molars = 7.2mm; mandible = 11.8mm), we conclude that ZMB 3912 belongs to Eptesicus furinalis . MNHN No. 834 seems to be the only representative of E. brasiliensis within the type series.